Knee-drawers.



WI D. RICHEY. KNEE DRAWERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6. 1909.

QSTL Patented Feb.8,1910,

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WLLM ID. RECHEY, OF OCALA, FLORIDA.

KNEE-DMWERS.

Speeitlcation of Letters Patent.

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Application filed- April 6, 1909. Serial Ito. 483,212.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, VILLIAM D.. Riester,-

a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Ucala, in the county of Marion and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in KneeDrawers, of which the following is a speeicaton.

This invention relates to wearing apparel, and pertains especially to tbeeless of nether Garments snob as knee. drawers and means' means for eonneoting drawerdegs and stoolsl ings whereby the drawer-legs may be lield down over the knee and close around' the le? and the stockings held up y v n the accompanying 'drawings forming art of this va plieation: Figure lI isl 'an illustration of tl @application of the inven tion. Eig.'v 2 is anelevation.l Fig. 3 is an elevationo a-rnodeation. Fig. e is a seo tional View on the line ,ivf-w, El?. 2. Fig.

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5 is a 'sectional view on the -ine y-y, Fig. 3. f I

Ene seme reference numerals .denote the 'saine parte tbrongliouttbe several views of the drawings.,

l, For the' purpose of illustration the knee.

drawerszl, ornposed of tlie Well known 'or usual material, are shown: having ribbed or enible bottom ends or webs 2. But thesaid ends maybe iinished in' various other sutn able fashions below the knee, or the material the drawenends, and leaving a narrow stripv 4, between slits of each pair, thereby forinling loops for a suitable garter 5, which is passed around the leg below ythe knee and on the outside of the drawer-ends, vwhere it is olas ed in the usual way and attached to the stoe ing 6.

Referring -to the modification shown in Figs. 4.- and 5 the slits hereinbefore men- -toned are omitted, and the loops 7 are woven or otherwise formed upon the drawen ends 8, or the loops ma be sewed or otherq Wise attached to the raWers. It will be seen that the drawer ends are held closely around the leg below the knees, and are thereby prevented lrlcgn riding or wrinklng up or over tbev knee; that the encircling garter iskept out of Contact with the leg;

sagging or dropping.

lt is obvious that the loops 'prevent the garter from slipping down, and 1n the event of the garter becoming unclasped the loops will prevent the garter from fa or dropping-down; and 1it is also obvoustlrat in removing the drawers and stockings 'the garter, has only to be unhooked from 'the stocking and uncles ed and left hanging in tle loops, thereby o viating removal of the garter from the drawers. Having thus described .my invention what l claim asnew and desire to secure by inet ters Patent is: v

ln knee drawers for retaining le@ eneir cling arters, flexible leg ends -ttmgr the leg uner the knee, a series of verticalj slits arranged in pairs around said ends, and a narrow rib or strip between the slits of each pair for holding the garters in depending position to connect the leg-ends of the drawjers with short stockings.

lnv testimony whereof l ax my signature in presenee of two witnesses.

J. H. LrvrNesToN, Jr., Carmes L. Ens'rlmorzn.v

Iand that thev stocking is held up without 

